This week, firefighters battled forestland blazes on several fronts in the lakeshore region.
A huge swath of the Cerro de San Nicolas mountain range on the outskirts of the south shore town of Tuxcueca has been burning since the last week of May. Smoke and flames have been visible from Chapala and neighboring communities ever since.
Images of the widespread fire in the mountain range overlooking Tuxcueca were captured by day and night from viewpoints along the Lake Chapala’s north shore.
Another forest fire broke out on Wednesday, June 5 in the area of Ajijic’s Tepalo hiking trail. The blaze scorched 15 hectares of land and was quelled by 9 p.m. thanks to the efforts of teams from Chapala Protección Civil, the state environment agency (Semadet) and the Aipromades Intermunicipal Association.
A plume of smoke rising from the Ajijic hills at El Tepalo alerted firefighters to a forest fire on June 5.
A third conflagration spread over 80 hectares of the Cerro de San Francisco above San Nicolás de Ibarra, and was still burning at press time on the evening of Thursday, June 6.